Start searching
Back to Jobs
Full timeFinance

Strategic Finance Lead

Alexander ChapmanMundelein, Illinois🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 26, 2026

Why this role stands out

This high-impact role at Alexander Chapman offers you the unique opportunity to build a finance function from the ground up while working directly with founders during a pivotal growth phase. You will thrive in this hybrid environment if you are an analytical, AI-forward strategist ready to shape the financial backbone of a scaling enterprise software leader. Apply today to take ownership of critical growth strategies and accelerate your career in a dynamic, high-visibility position.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeHybrid
LocationMundelein, Illinois, United States

Job description

Job Description

The Opportunity

A fast-growing, venture-backed enterprise software company is building out its finance function and opening a senior strategic finance seat. With a strong investor base and a growing roster of blue-chip customers, the business is at an inflection point and needs an analytical builder to put the financial backbone in place.

You will own strategic finance end to end, from the operating model and quarterly metrics to pricing, unit economics, and the monthly close, working directly with founders and executive leadership.

Key Execution Focus

  • Operating Model Ownership: Build and maintain the core operating model across revenue, headcount, opex, burn, and capacity planning for leadership decision-making.
  • Metrics & Goal Tracking: Run quarterly metrics reporting and goal tracking, and build live dashboards for ARR, pipeline, burn, and sales productivity.
  • Pricing & Unit Economics: Shape pricing frameworks and unit economics for an enterprise model, with financial rigor behind every growth trade-off.
  • GTM Partnership: Partner with Go-To-Market leadership on sales capacity, pipeline health, and growth strategy.
  • Board & Fundraising: Own board materials and fundraising financials, delivering decision-ready packages for investors.
  • Finance Function & Tech Stack: Own the finance tech stack, including AI tooling, run the monthly close, and build out the team as the function scales.

Candidate Archetype

  • The Foundation: 2+ years in investment banking or private equity, followed by 3+ years in strategic finance at a high-growth startup.
  • AI-Native: Already using AI heavily in your own day-to-day work.
  • Enterprise Sales Exposure: Experience at an enterprise sales company, ideally with an infrastructure or consumption-based model.
  • Modeling Mastery: Driver-based models that are easy to audit and built for other people to use.
  • The Builder: Comfortable building and owning a finance function from the ground up.

Why This Seat Matters

  • Ground-Floor Ownership: Full autonomy to set up the metrics, systems, and operating rhythm.
  • Executive Proximity: A direct seat at the table on burn, hiring, pricing, and fundraising.
  • High-Leverage Platform: Join a high-growth company at a pivotal stage, with meaningful equity upside.

Similar jobs

Apply